News: Norway

We have started to collect the most important news related to Norway in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

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Norway: news

VIDEO: Polar explorer marries at North Pole

Sunday, April 15th 2012, 13:16

Norwegian polar explorer Borge Ousland has married at the Geographic North Pole, in temperatures of -23C.
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Norway readies for its trial of the century

Friday, April 13th 2012, 23:23
related places: Breivik, Oslo

Oslo readies itself for Breivik court drama
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VIDEO: Norway prepares for Breivik trial

Friday, April 13th 2012, 5:42
related places: Breivik

On Monday the trial begins in Norway of Anders Breivik, the man who admits to killing 77 people in a series of attacks in the country last summer.
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Norway's agonies over Breivik trial

Friday, April 13th 2012, 2:10
related places: Breivik

Did commandos stuck in traffic cost lives in Norway massacre?
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Norway killer Breivik found sane

Tuesday, April 10th 2012, 14:28
related places: A, Breivik

A second psychiatric report declares Norwegian mass killer Anders Behring Breivik sane enough to face trial and jail, contradicting an earlier assessment.
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Breivik disputes 'insane' ruling

Wednesday, April 4th 2012, 13:43

Days before his trial, Norway's self-confessed mass killer Anders Behring Breivik challenges a psychiatric report which finds him insane.
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Cairn Energy buys Norwegian rival

Tuesday, April 3rd 2012, 9:19

Oil explorer Cairn Energy announces it is to buy Norwegian rival Agora Oil and Gas in a $450m cash and share deal.
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VIDEO: Driver escapes from truck in Norway

Monday, April 2nd 2012, 16:40

The driver of a rescue truck managed to jump to safety as the broken down lorry he was pulling up a snow covered road fell down a cliff, taking the truck with it.
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Norway to release Indian children

Friday, March 30th 2012, 4:27
related countries: India
related places: A

A child welfare agency in Norway says it will hand over two Indian children taken into foster care 10 months ago to their uncle.
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Norway jails Kurd cleric Krekar

Monday, March 26th 2012, 16:41

Islamist cleric Mullah Krekar is sentenced to five years in prison for making death threats against Norwegian officials and others.
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Breivik spurs health law revision

Friday, March 23rd 2012, 17:30

Norway plans new mental health laws to cater for mass killer Anders Behring Breivik's detention, as his trial looms.
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Norway 'not to release' children

Thursday, March 22nd 2012, 5:42
related countries: India

Norwegian social services say they cannot hand over two Indian children taken into foster care to their uncle because of reports of family "conflicts".
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India backs out of custody row

Wednesday, March 21st 2012, 10:28
related countries: India

India's junior foreign minister says efforts to bring back two Indian children placed in foster care in Norway have been put on hold.
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Five die in Norwegian avalanche

Monday, March 19th 2012, 20:28

Five foreign tourists die and one is in hospital after an avalanche hits a group of skiers in northern Norway, police say.
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Future Norway attacks 'possible'

Friday, March 16th 2012, 13:45

Norway's domestic intelligence agency warns that future Anders Behring Breivik-style attacks are possible, saying it had no way of uncovering his plot.
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Norwegian transport plane missing

Thursday, March 15th 2012, 23:25
related countries: Sweden

The Norwegian military fear a Hercules transport plane carrying five people has crashed while flying to Sweden during a winter exercise.
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Norway police in massacre apology

Thursday, March 15th 2012, 19:42

Norwegian police apologise and admit their response to last July's attacks which killed 77 people was much too slow.
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VIDEO: Arctic islands newfound popularity

Thursday, March 15th 2012, 12:02
related countries: Svalbard
related places: A

A group of islands in the Norwegian Arctic called Svalbard is becoming a surprisingly popular destination for international politicians.
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Breivik trial: TV limits imposed

Friday, March 9th 2012, 15:45

Norway will ban TV cameras from key parts of the trial of mass killer Anders Behring Breivik, including statements by him and witnesses.
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French question Breivik's father

Thursday, March 8th 2012, 17:41
related countries: France
related places: Breivik

The father of Norwegian killer Anders Behring Breivik is questioned by French and Norwegian police investigating the attacks in which 77 people died.
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Terror attack charges for Breivik

Wednesday, March 7th 2012, 15:07
related places: Breivik

Anders Behring Breivik, who confessed to attacks which left 77 people dead and 242 injured in Norway, is charged with committing terror acts.
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Furore over German 'Brevik' shop

Tuesday, March 6th 2012, 16:22
related countries: Germany
related places: A, Breivik, Brevik

A clothing label popular among neo-Nazis angers German officials by naming a shop "Brevik" - similar to the Norwegian mass killer's name "Breivik".
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VIDEO: 'Magical' instruments made of ice

Friday, February 24th 2012, 21:29

Norwegian musician and composer Terje Isungset uses his background in jazz and Scandinavian music, to create musical instruments from non-traditional materials including ice.
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Scrutiny for fjord rock disposal

Thursday, February 23rd 2012, 15:53

The practice of dumping millions of tonnes of waste rock from mining in deep Norwegian fjords is coming under close scrutiny from the country's scientists.
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N Korean A-ha accordionists 'will be stars'

Friday, February 10th 2012, 18:22
related countries: North Korea

Norway welcomes North Korean YouTube stars
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VIDEO: Breivik appears in Oslo court

Monday, February 6th 2012, 13:38
related places: Oslo

Anders Breivik, who killed 77 people in a bombing and mass shooting in Norway, has appeared in court in Oslo.
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